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I wanted to add a perspective from actual daily use, because a lot of this thread sounds theoretical. I’ve been using a Murena/Fairphone running /e/OS as my pr
by odeckmyn 7mo ago
I wanted to add a perspective from actual daily use, because a lot of this thread sounds theoretical.
I’ve been using a Murena/Fairphone running /e/OS as my primary phone for a while now, and honestly the experience has been much smoother than I expected. My banking apps work, GPS/navigation works reliably, messaging and everyday apps behave normally — I’m not constantly fighting the device or giving things up. After the initial setup, it just feels like a normal smartphone, except noticeably quieter in terms of tracking and background noise.
What surprised me most is that this isn’t a “privacy experiment” anymore. It’s a usable, stable daily driver. I still get the convenience people worry about losing, but with far fewer ties to Google services by default.
I think a lot of people hesitate because they assume moving away from stock Android means breaking essential apps or living with constant friction. That hasn’t been my experience at all. If you’re curious but unsure, it’s genuinely worth trying — the barrier is much lower than it used to be, and you might find you don’t miss as much as you expect.
- Mordisquitos 7mo agoI can vouch for your experience as mine has been the same, also on a Fairphone on which I installed /e/OS. I could have literally written the same comment myself — em-dash usage included!
- rrr_oh_man 7mo agoIt's not just an OS, it's an /e/OS.
- amelius 7mo agoYeah, it's an OS that gives a browser error because it thinks the name is a path.
- Mordisquitos 7mo agoYes, their choice of name was not their greatest achievement.
- em-bee 7mo agoit was supposed to be a temporary name, that i believe was intentionally chosen to be bad to make it easier to replace later. they were under pressure because the original name eelo had a trademark issue. when they eventually found a new name "murena" it appears they then decided to use it as a brand for the phones that they themselves sell instead, keeping /e/OS as the name for the operating system
- amelius 7mo agoWhat is their connection with eels? I just checked and Murena is an eel, too. Imho, one of the ugliest fish one could choose as a mascotte :S
- em-bee 7mo agoheh, i never made the connection. it's spelled muraena but that's as close as eelo is to eel. curiously i always thought morays look cute.
- Contortion 7mo agoYeah, it makes searching for bug reports/help rather troublesome
- rrr_oh_man 7mo agoThis is an astroturfing account.
- koolala 7mo agoIt is weird they only discuss e/os. Does look like it. Astroturfing kills any trust I had in e/OS.
- unethical_ban 7mo agoYou're assuming a lot: That it is astroturf, then that the account must be directed by eOS itself and not some enthusiastic user or third party. Or to be really conspiratorial, an adversary who makes obviously astroturf positive comments in order to sow doubt about the project.
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- spudlyo 7mo agoThis account has three comments on HN, all of them essentially the same type of /e/OS advocacy pablum. "I wanted to add a perspective from an LLM sockpuppet, because I know you're all not deeply cynical and mistrustful yet."
- odeckmyn 7mo agoso what? Am i supposed to comment on subjects know nothing about ?
- cogman10 7mo agoIt's pretty strange that the only subject you seem to have expertise in is e/os. Over a year and that's the only thing you've felt comfortable in discussing?
- odeckmyn 7mo agoand so what? should I ask for permission to discuss something? it's crazy how omniscient people are aggressive on the internet. Is that your normal behaviour IRL??
- spudlyo 7mo ago[flagged]
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- littlestymaar 7mo ago> This is behavior of an astroturfer, that's so what Engaging in an argument with people accusing them of astroturfing? Absolutely not.
- skobes 7mo ago
- moebrowne 7mo agoI too have used Fairphone + /e/OS for years and have had literally zero issues with it.
- Nemo_bis 7mo agoSame here! I've not had any compatibility issues when using /e/OS on a Teracube 2e. It's a smooth experience all along.